Archive for October, 2011

If you haven’t seen my Facebook page or Twitter feed in the last week, you missed my post that the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow have scanned an 18th century herbal, thought to be from lowland Scotland. It’s obvious this is someone’s personal herbal – not a physician’s. It’s information compiled over […]

Today, one day in advance of the DC40’s prayer over the state of Minnesota, I pay homage to the place I still call “home”. For the “fun facts”, head on over to Kallan’s blog or Sosanna’s blog. They do a good job of ferreting that stuff out. I wasn’t born there but I was raised […]

I should really take my own advice and stop watching or reading the news (but then I wouldn’t get the business news, the weather or sports in one easy chunk of time). I’m tired of the holier-than-thou attitude of evangelical Christians and the entirely too extensive media coverage they’re getting. It also saddens me that […]